Bag-holder.



I G. C. SHELRUD.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 4IsIfI.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916. 7 Fy- By J A TTOIilVEYS para GILBERT C. SHELRUD, OF MAYNARD, MINNESOTA.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. a, 1ere.

Application filed September 9, 1915. Serial No. 49,708.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT C. SHELRUD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Maynard, county of Chippewa, State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Bag-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact' description.

My invention has for its object to provide a bag holder with pivoted clamps for pressing the neck of a bag against the sides of a spout, the clamps being operable by links connected with arms moving in guiding slots and held yieldingly at one set of ends by springs, there being radial rods which are pivoted to the arms, which, with the springs, limit the movement of the arms.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification, in which the preferred form of my invention is described.y

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is a view showing my invention in elevation; Fig. 2 is a side view of'Fig. 1 and showing the links 27 broken away, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional plan view of Fig. 1.

My bag holder will hold bags securely without injuring them with hooks, nails or similar penetrating means, and as the use of hooks and nails is dispensed with, the bags may be readily attached and removed. The particular construction of the holder makes it possible to hold in place bags of any thickness. f

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that my bag holder is mounted on a spout 10, this spout 10 being provided with a valve 11whi`ch extends through an opening 12 in the side of the spout 10 for closing the spout when desired. kSecured to opposite sides of the spout 10 there are battens 13 which have beveled upper edges 14 against which the `neck 15 of the bag 16 is pressed by the clamps 17, these clamps 17 being preferably two in number and disposed at opposite sides of the spout10. Each of these clamps 17 has bent terminals 18, which are pivoted at 19 to the sides of the spout 10, as best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. I prefer to pivot the bent l ment by terminals 18 of the clamps 17 to a plate 20, which may be secured to the sides of the spout 10 by the nails or screws 21.

Each of the clamps has ears 22 spaced apart, in which are secured the ends of pins 23, the said pins 23 being each journaled in a bearing 24 on a plate 25 which is disposed between and is clamped to the links 26 and 27, the links 27 being disposed at the outer and the links 26 being disposed at the inner sides of the arms 28, these arms 28 being two in number `and disposed at opposite sides of .the Vspout 10 as indicated in the drawings.y The links 26 and27 are secured to the arms 28 by the bolts 29. To the ends 30 of the arms 28 there are secured springs 31, these springs 31 being secured at their lower ends 32 to bolts 33, said'bolts 33 eX- tending through openings 34 in the brackets 35 extending from the spout 10 and being engaged below the brackets 35 by the nuts 36. It will be understood that by turning the nuts 36 any desired tension may be obtained on the springs 31. The arms 28 eX- tend through guide slots 37 and radial rods 38 are articulated at the guide slots 37 and also to the arms 28 by the bolts 29. The ends 39 of the arms 28 areconnected by a U-shaped member 40, to which is secured an operating handle 41. It will, therefore, be seen that the clamps 17 may be operated by the handle 41 through the arms 28 and the links 26 and 27; and it willalso be understood that when the handle 41 is pressed downwardly thatit will press downwardly the ends 39 of the arms 28, but that the ends 30 of the arms 28 will have a limited upward movement, because of the springs 31.

As a means for holding the ends 39 of the arms 28 downwardly so that the clamps 17 will hold the neck 15 ofthe bag 16 in the position shown in. Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings I provide a hook 42 on the U- shaped connecting member 40 for engagethe teeth 43 on the arm 44, which is pivoted at 45 to the bracket 46 and is held with the teeth 43 in position for engaging the hook 42 by the spring 47 which presses the arm 44 below its pivot 45 outwardly.

It will be seen that the plates 37a with the guides 37 Vmaybe secured to the sides of the pivoted to the spout for spout 10 and that when the brackets 35 and the plates 20 with the. bent terminals 18 are secured to the spout the bag holder will be in position. In the same way a plate'la with the bracket 46 and the spring 17 are secured to the spout.` The arm 44 is adapted to be operated by a handle 44a.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination with a spout, a clamp for pressing a bag at its neck against the spout and provided with terminals bent substantially at right angles to the body of the clamp' and pivoted to opposite sides of the spout, an armdisposed substantially parallel with the axis of the clamp, a link connecting the arm with the clamp between its terminals, a spring for holding one end of the arm yieldingly in position, and means for operating' the other end of the arm.

2. In combination with a spout, a clamp pivoted to the spout for pressing a bag at its neck against the spout, an arm, a link connecting` the arm with the clamp, a spring` for holding one end of the arm yieldingly in position, means for operating the other end of the arm, and a radial rod articulated to the spout and to the arm.

3. In combination with a spout, a clamp pivoted to the spout for pressing a bag at its neck against the spout, a vertical guide, an arm disposed substantially parallel with the axis of the clamp and in the guide, a spring secured to the spout and to one end oi" the arm for holding the said arm yieldingly in position, and means to operate the other end of the arm.

In combination with a spout, a clamp pressing a bag at its neck against the spout, a guide, an arm disposed in the guide, a spring secured to the spout and to one end of therarm for holding the said arm yieldingly in position, means to operate the other end of the arm, andw a radial rod pivoted to the guide and to the arm, said ends yieldinglyV in position, guides'i'or the arms, radius rods pivoted to the guides and to the arms and links connecting the arms with the clamps.

5. In a bag holder, a pivot clamp for pressing a bag at its neck against a spout, an arm, a link connecting the arm with the clamp, a spring for holding one end of the arm yieldingly in position, means to operate the other end of the arm, and a radial rod articulated to the arm.

6. In a bag holder, two opposed clamps with terminals bent in the direction of each other and pivoted, two arms disposed substantially parallel with the aXes of the clamps and 'connected at one set of ends, a handle at said connection, springs at the other set of ends of the arms for holding the said ends yieldingly in position, and links connecting the arms with the bent terminals of the clamps.

7. In a bag holder', two opposed clamps with terminals bent in the direction of each other and pivoted, two arms connected at one set of ends, a handle at the said connection, springs at the other set of arm ends for holding said ends yieldingly in position, guides for the arms, radial rods pivoted to the guides and to the arms, and links connecting the arms with the clamps.

8. In a bag holder two opposed clamps with pivoted terminals bent in the direction of each other, two arms connected at one set of ends, a handle at said connection, springs at the other set of ends of the arms for holding the said ends yieldingly in position and links connecting the arms with the clamps, and resilient means for holding the handle in a predetermined position.

9. In combination with a spout, a clamp pivoted to the spout for pressing a bag at its neck against the spout, an arm movable vertically from end to end relatively to the spout, a link connecting' the arm with the clamp, resilient means for hblding one end of the arm yieldingly relatively to the spout, means for operating the other end oi' the'arm, and means for guiding the arm relatively to the spout. V Y

10. In combination with a spout, a clamp for pressing a bag at its neck against the spout, an arm movable vertically from end to end relatively to the spout, means by which the arm is adapted to operate the clamp, resilient means for holding one end of the l arm yieldingly relatively to the spout, means for operating the other end of the arm, and means for guiding the arm relatively to the spout.

11. In combination with a spout, a clamp pivoted to the spo-ut for pressing a bag at its neck-against the spout, an arm disposed substantially horizontally above the clamp, a vertical linkconnecting the arm with the clamp for operating the latter, a spring for holding one end of the arm yieldingly in position, and means for operating the other end of the arm.

12. In combination with a spout, a clamp pivoted to the spout for pressing a bag at its neck against the spout, an arm disposed abovek the clamp and movable vertically from end to end relatively to the spout, a link connecting the arm with the clamp for voperating the latter, resilient means for holding one end of the arm yieldingly relatively to the spout, means for operating the other end of the arm, and means for guiding'the arm relatively to the spout.

13. In combination with a spout, a clamp for pressing a bag at its neck against the spout, an arm disposed above the clamp and movable` vertically from end to end rela- In testimony Whereof'I have signed my tively to the spout, means by which the arm name to this specification in the presence is adapted to operate the clamp, resilient of two subscribing Witnesses.

means for holding one end of the arm yield- GILBERT C. SHELRUD. ingly relatively to the spout, means for op- Vitnesses: Y

erating the other end of the arm, and means H. L. SHAND,

for guiding the arm relatively to the spout. M. H. TOLLEFSEN.

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